The Complete Debut Recordings

℗ & © 1990 Fantasy, Inc. 169 selections (including 64 previously unissued tracks). Sessions location and date: # 1-1 to 1-9: Los Angeles, April 1951. # 1-10 to 1-16: Lennie Tristano Studio, New York, April 12, 1952. # 1-17 to 1-19: New York City, September 16, 1952. # 1-20 to 2-2: New York City, April 14, 1953. # 2-3 to 2-7: New York City, April 29, 1953. # 2-8 to 3-11: Massey Hall, Toronto, May 15, 1953. # 4-1 to 4-5: New York City, Summer 1953. # 4-6 to 5-5: Putnam Central Club, Brooklyn, NY, September 18, 1953. # 5-6 to 5-11: New York City, October 28, 1953. # 5-12 to 6-8: New York City, November 30, 1953. # 6-9 to 6-12: New York City, December 29, 1953. # 6-13 to 6-18: Van Gelder Recording. Hackensack, NJ, August 11, 1954. # 7-1 to 7-9: Van Gelder Recording. Hackensack, NJ, January 21, 1955. # 7-10 to 8-9: Van Gelder Recording. Hackensack, NJ, March 10, 1955. # 8-10 to 8-13: Van Gelder Recording. Hackensack, NJ, July 9, 1955. # 9-1 to 9-3: New York City, September 19, 1955. # 9-4: New York City, September 26, 1955. # 9-5 to 11-7: Cafe Bohemia, New York City, December 23, 1955. # 11-8 to 12-2: New York City, June 10, 1957. # 12-3 to 12-15: New York City, September 1957. Previously unissued: # 1-7 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-15, 1-20 to 2-2, 3-1 to 3-3, 3-5, 4-1 to 4-5, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12, 5-14, 6-4, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7 to 7-9, 7-14, 8-1, 8-6 to 8-9, 10-6 to 11-7, 12-3 to 12-16. Notes to sessions: # 2-15 to 3-4: These selections of The Massey Hall Quintet were transferred from the original single-channel mono recording tape made at the concert, before Charles Mingus, dissatisfied with the low level at which the bass had been recorded, added a new bass part. # 3-5 to 3-11: The set of Massey Hall Quintet recordings heard on this disc are made from the tapes onto Charles Mingus added bass in ensemble passages (and in "All The Things You Are", solo exchanges). Album identification: *** Debut EP-450 -. DLP-1 -. DLP-3 -. DLP-5 -. DLP-7 -. DLP-8 -. DLP-14 -. DLP-16 -. DEB-120 -. DEB-121 -. DEB-123 -. DEB-124 -. DEB-126 -. DEB-127 -. DEB-198 -. *** Fantasy (Debut Series) F-86009 -. *** OJC (Original Jazz Classics - The OJC number/Debut number below are the same LPs as noted above: OJC-043 / DEB 120. OJC-044 / DEB 124. OJC-045 / DEB 123. OJC-111 / DLP 3. OJC-112 / DLP 8. OJC-115 / DEB 198. OJC-201 / DLP 7 OJC- 1702 / DLP 16. Total time: CD1: 74:00. CD2: 69:00. CD3: 70:00. CD4: 71:00. CD5: 71:00. CD6: 69:00. CD7: 73:00. CD8: 72:00. CD9: 67:00. CD10: 65:00. CD11: 71:00. CD12: 73:00 The booklet was printed by the Queens Group, Inc. The boxes were manufactured by Imperial Paper Box Corp. Printed in U.S.A.